.../a100p.cp plan9/LICENSE so, to uncompress the archive in linux (or osx, or bsd, i presume) do: $ tar jxvf plan9.tar.bz2 plan9/mnt/cons plan9/mnt/exportfs --mode 755 /dev/null [messages about ignored headers] $ tar jxvf plan9.tar.bz2 --exclude plan9/mnt/cons --exclude plan9/mnt/exportfs /dev/null [messages about ignored headers]...

...run the Cygwin setup program and ask it to install the source for version 4 of gcc"; I instead meant "Download 'gcc-core-4.1.2.tar.bz2' from savannah.gnu.org, and unpack it with 'tar jxvf'". I have a confession to make. I cannot find gcc-core-4.1.2 anywhere on the www I have managed to achieve svn -q checkout svn://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk gcc which takes years and seems to ...

... Cygwin setup program and ask it to install the source for version 4 of gcc"; I instead meant "Download 'gcc-core-4.1.2.tar.bz2' from savannah.gnu.org, and unpack it with 'tar jxvf'". I have a few questions 1. How do I discover the version of my gcc without going to the setup utility? Type "gcc --version". The --version switch works for many programs, not just gcc....